Garage48 are landing on Warrior King country - Ghana!

April 24, 2011
Together with Google and Nokia another event of Garage48 will be
launched in Ghana on the 13th of May. Garage48 Accra is second in Africa, following the Nigeria’s gathering, which was sold out in just 4 days. Extreme developing weekend for local technology professionals, entrepreneurs and marketers will take place at Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT.
At Garage48 you truly have 48 hours to achieve your goals. Event starts at 5pm on Friday with individuals presenting their ideas and ends up on Sunday with showing working service or prototype for the international jury involving entrepreneurs with different backgrounds. “I am sincerely amazed what teams can achieve within a weekend” admits US venture capitalist Justin Wohlstadter, who has previously leaded Garage48 jury.

Technology weekends is supported by Google and Nokia, which hopes to find promising ideas and talented teams from Africa. 100 programmers and developers, visionaries and entrepreneurs, designers and marketers are expected for 48 hours startup marathon in Accra at AITI-KACE.

The teams are competing for the best start up idea and implementation. Intensive schedule leaves participants sometimes no time to sleep, but new business perspectives and contacts makes it worth it. You don’t have to earn your first dollar, but it’s crucial to have a product or service, which people or other businesses need and are willing to pay for it in the future.

Garage48 Ghana follows for Nigeria’s event (on the , which was sold out in just 4 days). Don’t be late for Ghana’s event and sign up now!

The format of Garage48 is developed by 6 Estonian entrepreneur's.. It is well proven already in Nordic countries and Baltic States. Garage48 Foundation has got invitations to organize the event from all over the world and expands rapidly already this year.

Estonia, where Garage48 was born, is the first in internet freedom in the world and home of free internet call provider Skype. Tiny, but ambitious European country is leading in IT in many ways.

Challenge yourself, meet other professionals, work together and make it happen at the Garage48 Accra! 

For more information:
http://www.garage48.org/accra

Ragnar Sass
Garage48 Africa project manager
ragnar@garage48.org

Jojoo Imbeah
Garage48 Accra organizer
accra@garage48.org

Wikipedia: The word Ghana means "Warrior King" and is derived from the ancient Ghana Empire.



Comments: 3

  • Ashish Apr 24

    when do we see GARAGE48 in INDIA ? we are awaiting you here.

  • Kisserh Apr 27

    Some of us have brilliant ideas but not too much coding experience to implement. We are still learning and it will take sometime before we can fully implement our ideas. Taking facebooks war with the twins, is it possible for us to share our ideas with genuine people so we are not double crossed?

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